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the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 friday november 5 1915 no 169 greece provides a new sensation in the balkans zaimfs gov't has resigned king constantine now must keep a defeated ministry in power recall venizelos or have a new election heldâ€”roumanian sentiment run ning highjn favor of the permis sion to march through roumania czar's forces win a big victory in galicia hun.capital much worried iondon nov defeat of the greek government in the chamber of deputies and the consequent resig nation ol the aimis cabinet is the latest sensation afforded by the bal kans while jp course it was understood thai m \ 6-i/clos the former premier had it in inv power to turn the govern out when he so desired having a majority of the chamber at his back the fall ol zaimis came unexpectedly as it a . ilieved the leader of the majority decided to accord the premier sufficient support to enable him to remain in office for-the present at least as so often happens however the vote ol confidence was demanded by the government on 5 a matter of minor some difference of opin ion between wvenizeios and the minister ol war on military proposalsâ€”and the government defeated by a vote of 147 to 114 ; l onus on the king by handnig his resignation and that ol his cabinet te king constantine aimis place on tfie kifig the respon sibility of deciding the future polcy of i ountry in london the first impression was that the defeat of the government would mean the immediate recall of venizelos and tbe fulfillment of the al agreement between him and ned powers to go to the assist ance of serbia in this belief tq news caused a dis tinct rally on stcfck exchange later despatches irqm athens however in dicated a possible dissolution of par liament andÂ»_snould this course be tak en it would be at least two months an election could be held and a now chamber meet at athens i j not yet accepted fii the meantime either the zaimis ibinet the resignation of which has not yet been accepted with perhaps a change in the ministry of war or some other cabinet favoring the king's policy of continued neutrality would have charge of affairs and there would be.no change in the military situation even should venizelos be called up on to form a new government it is not certain he would join the allies at pre sent but the quadruple entente would have the assurance greece would not turn against them on the other hand it is not to be for gotten that the king was willing to fol low the policy of venizelos to a cer tain point and that there are some dip lomats who believe that assured of the landing of very strong anglo-french forces at salonika and kavala togeth er with a russian army on the other side of thrace and the possible assist ance of roumania the greek king might be willing to embark on opera tions against bulgaria fearful of bulgaria greece never looked with favor on the bulgarian occupation of mace donia there are some in the coun try who fear that a victorious bulgar ia might throw covetous eyes on ka vala which king ferdinand fought so hard to get at the conclusion of ihc balkan war roumania is in some what the same position as greece the majority of people of that country are for the allies while the king and government wish to remain in a state of neutrality at least until it appears clear that the allies can win the war there have been continual demonstra tions that roumanians favor interven tion which feeling has been heighten ed by the presence of a big russian force on the northeastern border wait ing to attack bulgaria berlin is anxious in berlin according to reports the fear have been expressed that this force will be allowed to march through rou manian territory and that it might be joined by a roumanian army to dis courage this an austro-german army is being assembled on the western border of roumania so that the anxiety of the roumanian government can be understood besides massing troops the allies are taking other steps to persuade greece and roumania that it is to their interest to join against the central powers having checked the german offensive along the whole eastern front except west of riga where the nature of the ground makes an ad vance difficult the russians have started a counter-offensive at three points west of dvinsk on the styr in volhienia and on the stripa and ga licia on the stripa river they claim to have won a big victory and to have cap tured 5000 prisoners although admit ting the battle is still in progress the germans on their side say all attack have been repulsed with heavy losses in russians killed wounded and pri soners from unofficial seyrces it is report ed the russians are advancing in strong force and have captured im portant positions near czarnowitz a movement calculated more than any thing else to influence roumania the serbians who are making a stand in the south where they are sup ported by the british and french con tinue their retirement before the aus tro-germans and bulgarians in the north and northeast the bulgarians are now within ten miles of nish and are advancing north westward from uskup toward prislina thus besides being in danger of los ing their capital the serbians are threatened with being cut off from the south and will have only one line of re treat to montenegro they are fight . ing severe rear guard actions and are leaving little or nothing behind for the invaders german war-lord visits battle-front fhe kaiser indicated by arrow in conference with a group of his staff officers dismissal order reveals harrowing war tragedy canadian lieut-colonel goes fron front to england to meet his moth er who died on shipboard and he receives her bodyâ€”a nervous wreck he breaks leave and is dismissed london nov s.â€”one of the most tragic stories of the war is revealed in the publication in the official lond on gazette of an order of dismissal from the service lt-col ryan of the sixth canadian mounted rifles col ryan was the holder of sever al war medals he had spent some months in the trenches and was wound ed three times he obtained a short leave of absence to see his mother who had planned to come from can ada determined to sec her son before he was wounded again since she be lieved that the fourth wound would be fatal the mother sailed from new york and the lt-colonel left the trenches in france and came to england to greet her he prepared a royal welcome for his mother whom he worshipped and reserved apartments for her at the avoy the mother died aboard the steamer the day , before it reached liverpool and col ryan who met the vessel c.t liverpool received her body after he had made arrangements for the burial of her body col ryan already a nervous wreck as a result of his harrowing experience in the trenches was completely demoralized by the new tragedy in his life he came to london unmindful of every thing and disregarded the order for his return to the front the sequel came in the gazette's announcement that he had been courtmartialled and dis missed 2 thousand serb women fighting for country fighting side by side with their men folk on the battlefields and in the trenches simply insisted on being admitted to the army says a serb doctor london nov 4 there were near ly two thousand women in serbia's army when i left women soldiers were being organized said doctor gruitch a serbian army doctor now in london to-day the women are not special battal ions some wore the compete uni form others wear skirts with blue tunis the younger won en wo with their brothers or husbands they arc women of every class of the populat ion we cannot prevent them from serv ing they inspire the men with whom they march side by side and with whom they move shoulder to shouldei in the trenches these women are not afraid no body in serbia is afraid and the wom en rankers do not lose their nerve und er fire we realize the great power of our friends in the war every soldier feels we are only part of a world army and if it is neces sary that our army shah be lost well it is only a part there is time yet to s*ave serbia but assistance for her cannot come too quickly the iviary duff 7 clays from sydney with co;il lias arrived at carbonear resignation of zaimis london nov 4 a central new correspondent at athens says that af ter premier zaimis had handed kis resignation to the king the chamber of deputies again assembled there was a striking demonstration in honour of former premier ven izelos government factories in britain number 1349 london nov 4.â€”private factories i controlled by the minister of munit ions for making munitions and other war material now number 1,349 constantine determined to maintain neutrality his closest friends assert that he is irrevocably fied in his determ ination regarding the greek at titude toward balkan campaign may summon conference of parties athens nov s.â€”that the king has summoned the leaders of all parties to a conference on the situation re sulting from the overthrow of the zamis ministery is probable unless the king has decided upon the radical course of dissolving the chamber which cannot be reconvened while the army is mobilized so far as can be leanned there is no reason to believe the greek ruler has changed his views regarding the entry of his country into the war while he is credited with anti-bulgarian senti ments and with a belief that greece cannot afford to quirrel with the air lies because of her long and vulner able coast line those close to him as sert he is irrevocably resolved to maintain neutrality k k t i read the daily star hun air-fleet attacks a british merchantman bombs dropped on steamer avocat which was also fired at with rifles and machin gunsâ€”steamer reach ed lewisport safely none of her crew being injured london nov s.â€”germany seems to be trying a new method of at tack on british merchantmen with aeroplanes the cork steamer avocat which has arrived at manchester tells a story according to the liverpool journal of commerce of a 35 mm utes engagement with 3 hostile aero planes at 11 o'clock on the morning of october 30 1 one of the aeroplanes was a largej battleplane which dropped 36 bombs some of which missed the steamer by not more than 7 feet when the bombs were exhausted the battle plane fired on her with a machine gun and the ship's sides and deck struck by bullets but all the crew caped injury at a height of from 800 to 1000 feet all the aeroplanes dropped bombs ... and attacked the steamer with rifles * rumors of peace are heard in rome not favored by italians rome newspapers ascribe the persist ent reports to teutonic efforts to influence public sentiment in neut ral countries in favour of peace and thus to bring pressure to bear on the alliesâ€”ltaly would be no party to any such premature proceeding dome nov s.â€”reports concerning peace negotations are arousing in terest here although little credence is attached to the rumor that prince yon buelow former german ambassador to italy is charged with such a mission italian opinion sees in these numer ous references to a possible peace an attempt to create in neutral countries an atmosphere favourable to peace which might constitute a means for bringing pressure to bear on the allied governments the italian press warns public opin ion not to be deceived by such false hoods the tribune asserts it is in position to say that the entente al lies have certain guarantees that the rome cabinet will not be a party to such obscure combinations all the roman newspapers agree in pointing out how ridiculous would such attempts be at a moment when the union of the allies has been drawn closer without taking into account the renewed victorious military activity hk ik lk s.s cape breton has sailed from i.ewisnort for sydney in ballast his excelelncy the governor lady and mi c s davidson who were to the southern shore on a briei visit re turned to the city by to-day's train say greece will follow roumania reported that king constantine has v promised to support the allies if roumania does â– ______ * â– salonika nov 4.â€”according to in > formation secured from greek sour cesâ€”believed to be reliableâ€”king cdnstantme has assured the french minister at athens that should rou hania join the entente allies or should the situation in serbia be ap preciably ameliorated by an anglo tipnch oifensive movement greece wtfl not be unprepared to changed her attitude reports of russian troops landing at vanra have made a deep impression hete â™¦ king of serbia goes to front v amsterdam nov 4.â€”the bulgari t ai statement received to-day from so fia says king peter of serbia has gone tot the front to encourage his soldiers aid take them the news that french ai d british forces are hasting to their ) a^listance i;roplanes in collision ft four aviators killed th jparis nov s.â€”two military aero ollanes collided while landing yesterday they caught fire and the jcr;ir aviatiors manning the machines avjfre burned to death insult to m venizelos defeated premier zaimis it was hurled across the floor by the minister of war and venizelos demanded an apologyâ€”zaimis re j fused and asked for a vote of which was lost nov 4.â€”following defeat gin parliament today the cabinet re y\;i^ned ~ jjthe immediate cause of the defeat was a remark made by war minister yrnakitas which was considered by foimer premier venizelos as insulting o the national assembly venizelos an immediate apology zaimis declared the government trod behind the war minister and de manded a vote of confidence discussion of proposed military laws the correspondent says raised a ques tion between the minister of war and the majority of the party of the form er premier venizelos on this issue zaimis decided to ask for a vote of confidence the discussion then turned on the foreign policy of the government venizelos declared it impossible for his party longer to sustain the government whose policy he considered harmful to the interests of the country all the party leaders engaged in the dis cussion the final vote was 147 st government 114 the athens newspapers which are opposed to venizelos consider a dis solution of parliament certain " fcfiady-made 1 ] \- suits l fr>r men and boys r i in navy serge l and fancy tweeds j smart cut 1 perfect fitting jj and most important i.c.Â»<Â»l-4--|'i4.4 1 .. t i,.i < i 1 .. 1 i i i 1 i > i..i..|,.i 1 i 1 , < i m .. > j â– no advance on the i old price â™¦ i l i|m | m i .. | .Â» < l|m|mlm|ml..|m|l|ml | m 1 . < n1 | .. | .. 1 . | , 1 1 > . ! .. 8 1 11 1.|1 < .Â». | .Â» j our aim entire satisfaction j bowrinfi brothers ltd count from ? ferry land dist * prohibition plebiscite } yes 305 no 381 j-j spoiled ballots 14 -^ count from port de grave yes 820 gjj no 136 . spoiled ballots 6 j it ipc case of abram kean vs w f conker it was ordered that the ver diet be set aside and a new trial or .. derel read the daily star â– j i what about your 1 fall and winter comforts ? j for present wear our men's tweed j i caps at 50c 65c 90c and 1.50 q fl are the value of the trade ' | a full range of knitt baud caps in 3 tweed and beaver cloth 50c w 1.50 r i our men's sweater coats in all j i shades are big value from 2.00 to 5.00 i lumbermen's wool lined ! coats 5.50 to 8.00 l men's leather gloves & mitts | =| men's larigans r y m all at bottom prices j bishop sons & co ltd 1 ft phone 489 dry goods department "| i i ni in i ig

the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 friday november 5 1915 no 169 greece provides a new sensation in the balkans zaimfs gov't has resigned king constantine now must keep a defeated ministry in power recall venizelos or have a new election heldâ€”roumanian sentiment run ning highjn favor of the permis sion to march through roumania czar's forces win a big victory in galicia hun.capital much worried iondon nov defeat of the greek government in the chamber of deputies and the consequent resig nation ol the aimis cabinet is the latest sensation afforded by the bal kans while jp course it was understood thai m \ 6-i/clos the former premier had it in inv power to turn the govern out when he so desired having a majority of the chamber at his back the fall ol zaimis came unexpectedly as it a . ilieved the leader of the majority decided to accord the premier sufficient support to enable him to remain in office for-the present at least as so often happens however the vote ol confidence was demanded by the government on 5 a matter of minor some difference of opin ion between wvenizeios and the minister ol war on military proposalsâ€”and the government defeated by a vote of 147 to 114 ; l onus on the king by handnig his resignation and that ol his cabinet te king constantine aimis place on tfie kifig the respon sibility of deciding the future polcy of i ountry in london the first impression was that the defeat of the government would mean the immediate recall of venizelos and tbe fulfillment of the al agreement between him and ned powers to go to the assist ance of serbia in this belief tq news caused a dis tinct rally on stcfck exchange later despatches irqm athens however in dicated a possible dissolution of par liament andÂ»_snould this course be tak en it would be at least two months an election could be held and a now chamber meet at athens i j not yet accepted fii the meantime either the zaimis ibinet the resignation of which has not yet been accepted with perhaps a change in the ministry of war or some other cabinet favoring the king's policy of continued neutrality would have charge of affairs and there would be.no change in the military situation even should venizelos be called up on to form a new government it is not certain he would join the allies at pre sent but the quadruple entente would have the assurance greece would not turn against them on the other hand it is not to be for gotten that the king was willing to fol low the policy of venizelos to a cer tain point and that there are some dip lomats who believe that assured of the landing of very strong anglo-french forces at salonika and kavala togeth er with a russian army on the other side of thrace and the possible assist ance of roumania the greek king might be willing to embark on opera tions against bulgaria fearful of bulgaria greece never looked with favor on the bulgarian occupation of mace donia there are some in the coun try who fear that a victorious bulgar ia might throw covetous eyes on ka vala which king ferdinand fought so hard to get at the conclusion of ihc balkan war roumania is in some what the same position as greece the majority of people of that country are for the allies while the king and government wish to remain in a state of neutrality at least until it appears clear that the allies can win the war there have been continual demonstra tions that roumanians favor interven tion which feeling has been heighten ed by the presence of a big russian force on the northeastern border wait ing to attack bulgaria berlin is anxious in berlin according to reports the fear have been expressed that this force will be allowed to march through rou manian territory and that it might be joined by a roumanian army to dis courage this an austro-german army is being assembled on the western border of roumania so that the anxiety of the roumanian government can be understood besides massing troops the allies are taking other steps to persuade greece and roumania that it is to their interest to join against the central powers having checked the german offensive along the whole eastern front except west of riga where the nature of the ground makes an ad vance difficult the russians have started a counter-offensive at three points west of dvinsk on the styr in volhienia and on the stripa and ga licia on the stripa river they claim to have won a big victory and to have cap tured 5000 prisoners although admit ting the battle is still in progress the germans on their side say all attack have been repulsed with heavy losses in russians killed wounded and pri soners from unofficial seyrces it is report ed the russians are advancing in strong force and have captured im portant positions near czarnowitz a movement calculated more than any thing else to influence roumania the serbians who are making a stand in the south where they are sup ported by the british and french con tinue their retirement before the aus tro-germans and bulgarians in the north and northeast the bulgarians are now within ten miles of nish and are advancing north westward from uskup toward prislina thus besides being in danger of los ing their capital the serbians are threatened with being cut off from the south and will have only one line of re treat to montenegro they are fight . ing severe rear guard actions and are leaving little or nothing behind for the invaders german war-lord visits battle-front fhe kaiser indicated by arrow in conference with a group of his staff officers dismissal order reveals harrowing war tragedy canadian lieut-colonel goes fron front to england to meet his moth er who died on shipboard and he receives her bodyâ€”a nervous wreck he breaks leave and is dismissed london nov s.â€”one of the most tragic stories of the war is revealed in the publication in the official lond on gazette of an order of dismissal from the service lt-col ryan of the sixth canadian mounted rifles col ryan was the holder of sever al war medals he had spent some months in the trenches and was wound ed three times he obtained a short leave of absence to see his mother who had planned to come from can ada determined to sec her son before he was wounded again since she be lieved that the fourth wound would be fatal the mother sailed from new york and the lt-colonel left the trenches in france and came to england to greet her he prepared a royal welcome for his mother whom he worshipped and reserved apartments for her at the avoy the mother died aboard the steamer the day , before it reached liverpool and col ryan who met the vessel c.t liverpool received her body after he had made arrangements for the burial of her body col ryan already a nervous wreck as a result of his harrowing experience in the trenches was completely demoralized by the new tragedy in his life he came to london unmindful of every thing and disregarded the order for his return to the front the sequel came in the gazette's announcement that he had been courtmartialled and dis missed 2 thousand serb women fighting for country fighting side by side with their men folk on the battlefields and in the trenches simply insisted on being admitted to the army says a serb doctor london nov 4 there were near ly two thousand women in serbia's army when i left women soldiers were being organized said doctor gruitch a serbian army doctor now in london to-day the women are not special battal ions some wore the compete uni form others wear skirts with blue tunis the younger won en wo with their brothers or husbands they arc women of every class of the populat ion we cannot prevent them from serv ing they inspire the men with whom they march side by side and with whom they move shoulder to shouldei in the trenches these women are not afraid no body in serbia is afraid and the wom en rankers do not lose their nerve und er fire we realize the great power of our friends in the war every soldier feels we are only part of a world army and if it is neces sary that our army shah be lost well it is only a part there is time yet to s*ave serbia but assistance for her cannot come too quickly the iviary duff 7 clays from sydney with co;il lias arrived at carbonear resignation of zaimis london nov 4 a central new correspondent at athens says that af ter premier zaimis had handed kis resignation to the king the chamber of deputies again assembled there was a striking demonstration in honour of former premier ven izelos government factories in britain number 1349 london nov 4.â€”private factories i controlled by the minister of munit ions for making munitions and other war material now number 1,349 constantine determined to maintain neutrality his closest friends assert that he is irrevocably fied in his determ ination regarding the greek at titude toward balkan campaign may summon conference of parties athens nov s.â€”that the king has summoned the leaders of all parties to a conference on the situation re sulting from the overthrow of the zamis ministery is probable unless the king has decided upon the radical course of dissolving the chamber which cannot be reconvened while the army is mobilized so far as can be leanned there is no reason to believe the greek ruler has changed his views regarding the entry of his country into the war while he is credited with anti-bulgarian senti ments and with a belief that greece cannot afford to quirrel with the air lies because of her long and vulner able coast line those close to him as sert he is irrevocably resolved to maintain neutrality k k t i read the daily star hun air-fleet attacks a british merchantman bombs dropped on steamer avocat which was also fired at with rifles and machin gunsâ€”steamer reach ed lewisport safely none of her crew being injured london nov s.â€”germany seems to be trying a new method of at tack on british merchantmen with aeroplanes the cork steamer avocat which has arrived at manchester tells a story according to the liverpool journal of commerce of a 35 mm utes engagement with 3 hostile aero planes at 11 o'clock on the morning of october 30 1 one of the aeroplanes was a largej battleplane which dropped 36 bombs some of which missed the steamer by not more than 7 feet when the bombs were exhausted the battle plane fired on her with a machine gun and the ship's sides and deck struck by bullets but all the crew caped injury at a height of from 800 to 1000 feet all the aeroplanes dropped bombs ... and attacked the steamer with rifles * rumors of peace are heard in rome not favored by italians rome newspapers ascribe the persist ent reports to teutonic efforts to influence public sentiment in neut ral countries in favour of peace and thus to bring pressure to bear on the alliesâ€”ltaly would be no party to any such premature proceeding dome nov s.â€”reports concerning peace negotations are arousing in terest here although little credence is attached to the rumor that prince yon buelow former german ambassador to italy is charged with such a mission italian opinion sees in these numer ous references to a possible peace an attempt to create in neutral countries an atmosphere favourable to peace which might constitute a means for bringing pressure to bear on the allied governments the italian press warns public opin ion not to be deceived by such false hoods the tribune asserts it is in position to say that the entente al lies have certain guarantees that the rome cabinet will not be a party to such obscure combinations all the roman newspapers agree in pointing out how ridiculous would such attempts be at a moment when the union of the allies has been drawn closer without taking into account the renewed victorious military activity hk ik lk s.s cape breton has sailed from i.ewisnort for sydney in ballast his excelelncy the governor lady and mi c s davidson who were to the southern shore on a briei visit re turned to the city by to-day's train say greece will follow roumania reported that king constantine has v promised to support the allies if roumania does â– ______ * â– salonika nov 4.â€”according to in > formation secured from greek sour cesâ€”believed to be reliableâ€”king cdnstantme has assured the french minister at athens that should rou hania join the entente allies or should the situation in serbia be ap preciably ameliorated by an anglo tipnch oifensive movement greece wtfl not be unprepared to changed her attitude reports of russian troops landing at vanra have made a deep impression hete â™¦ king of serbia goes to front v amsterdam nov 4.â€”the bulgari t ai statement received to-day from so fia says king peter of serbia has gone tot the front to encourage his soldiers aid take them the news that french ai d british forces are hasting to their ) a^listance i;roplanes in collision ft four aviators killed th jparis nov s.â€”two military aero ollanes collided while landing yesterday they caught fire and the jcr;ir aviatiors manning the machines avjfre burned to death insult to m venizelos defeated premier zaimis it was hurled across the floor by the minister of war and venizelos demanded an apologyâ€”zaimis re j fused and asked for a vote of which was lost nov 4.â€”following defeat gin parliament today the cabinet re y\;i^ned ~ jjthe immediate cause of the defeat was a remark made by war minister yrnakitas which was considered by foimer premier venizelos as insulting o the national assembly venizelos an immediate apology zaimis declared the government trod behind the war minister and de manded a vote of confidence discussion of proposed military laws the correspondent says raised a ques tion between the minister of war and the majority of the party of the form er premier venizelos on this issue zaimis decided to ask for a vote of confidence the discussion then turned on the foreign policy of the government venizelos declared it impossible for his party longer to sustain the government whose policy he considered harmful to the interests of the country all the party leaders engaged in the dis cussion the final vote was 147 st government 114 the athens newspapers which are opposed to venizelos consider a dis solution of parliament certain " fcfiady-made 1 ] \- suits l fr>r men and boys r i in navy serge l and fancy tweeds j smart cut 1 perfect fitting jj and most important i.c.Â» i..i..|,.i 1 i 1 , < i m .. > j â– no advance on the i old price â™¦ i l i|m | m i .. | .Â» < l|m|mlm|ml..|m|l|ml | m 1 . < n1 | .. | .. 1 . | , 1 1 > . ! .. 8 1 11 1.|1 < .Â». | .Â» j our aim entire satisfaction j bowrinfi brothers ltd count from ? ferry land dist * prohibition plebiscite } yes 305 no 381 j-j spoiled ballots 14 -^ count from port de grave yes 820 gjj no 136 . spoiled ballots 6 j it ipc case of abram kean vs w f conker it was ordered that the ver diet be set aside and a new trial or .. derel read the daily star â– j i what about your 1 fall and winter comforts ? j for present wear our men's tweed j i caps at 50c 65c 90c and 1.50 q fl are the value of the trade ' | a full range of knitt baud caps in 3 tweed and beaver cloth 50c w 1.50 r i our men's sweater coats in all j i shades are big value from 2.00 to 5.00 i lumbermen's wool lined ! coats 5.50 to 8.00 l men's leather gloves & mitts | =| men's larigans r y m all at bottom prices j bishop sons & co ltd 1 ft phone 489 dry goods department "| i i ni in i ig